Irving Newman collection

Identifier: irn531669
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Florence N. Post, the daughter of Irving Newman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prisoner's badge, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the experiences of Irving Newman before and during the Holocaust when he was deported from Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania, to Stutthof and Buchenwald concentration camps and after the war when he and his family lived in displaced persons camps in West Germany.

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Irving Newman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn500888
- English
- 1935-1949
- folders oversize folder 4 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Irving Newman papers are comprised primarily of newspaper clippings of articles Irving wrote for the Jidisze Cajtung while living in displaced persons camps in West Germany between 1945 and 1949. These articles are primarily in Yiddish and describe the situations of surviving Jews in Germany, relations with Germany, and preparations for relocation to Israel. Included among the newspaper clippings is correspondence soliciting articles, acknowledging the receipt of articles, and one letter written by Irving in which he describes his detainment. This collection also includes a series of ph...
White prison patch with a red triangle and number 97905 owned by a Lithuanian Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn531670
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
White cloth badge like the one Isaak Nementschik (later Irving Newman) wore while a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp. It is printed with an inverted red triangle signifying that was a political prisoner, and his prisoner number 97905. Isaak, an accountant, and his wife, Lea, a dentist, and their children Fira, 6, and Boris, 2, lived in Kaunas (Kovno], Lithuania, which was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1941. Isaak was arrested and taken to a fort where over 3000 of those captured were shot and killed. Isaak bribed a guard and hid in a hole. On his return to the ghetto, he worked ...

Irving Newman collection

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Irving Newman papers

White prison patch with a red triangle and number 97905 owned by a Lithuanian Jewish man